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DRILLit BOOK REVIEW: The Naked Warrior by Pavel Tsatsouline

When I sat down to interview Pavel Tsatsouline and discuss the TRX Kettlebell: Iron Circuit Conditioning DVD project for the TRX Radio podcast I host, I knew I had to seek out and read everything Pavel had written about training. … Continue reading

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SEEK AND DESTROY: Moving Weight to Cultivate Strength and Peak Power for Cycling (with a Spoonful of Metcon for Dessert)

LESSON ONE: Listen to your body. It never lies. LESSON TWO: But to do so, you have to know when your brain interferes with the signals your body sends you. Because sometimes the wires get crossed and the brain thinks … Continue reading

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POWER BALLIN’

HQ has been out to lunch and in full adventure mode here for a minute. Out to lunch as in hammering out big changes to this site that make it easier to use (and clarify what exactly is going on … Continue reading

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THE TRX IS GOING TO BURNING MAN

Looking forward to stretching out on the Playa using the TRX. A foam roller and the Stick made the cut, too. Not a lot of time to train @ HQ this week, stuck this WOD into my day today in … Continue reading

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BAD INTENTIONS, BIG RESULTS

We’re not all training to be professional athletes, or even win local races. Some of us just want to feel good, to push our bodies to our limits, to give ourselves an oil change every day by sweating everything out. … Continue reading

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SHORT, SWEET, HARD TO BEAT METCON: C2, KB’s, and BW

3 rounds of: 5 min. Concept 2 tabata (:20 on all-out, :10 ez, repeat for full 5 minutes. If you’re not near death by the end of each 5 min. C2 round you’re not going hard enough) KB Snatch L … Continue reading

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METCON FROM HELL PART 3: POWER AND GLORY

The East Bay Firebreather, Sweet & Lowdown, shares his latest trip to the pain cave with DRILLit Nation. Thanks, Blake. met-con/power(explosiveness) 9x thrusters @ 95#+9x pill ups (10 rounds) 10x buss driver (each side)+5x push up/rows @ 2x 35# db(max … Continue reading

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SHORT, SWEET HARD TO BEAT KB/BW WOD FROM THE ILLUSTRATED MAN

Via www.humanpoweredtransport.net, thanks for sharing, EM. 3 push6 sit9 squat x5 #26.2 kb snatch 5L/5Rx5 #44kb swing x10x4 30 chair dips 10L/10R t-push– TRX Radio Podcast is live, with me as your host.Please subscribe on iTunes and tweet/repost link www.andrewvontz.comwww.drillit.tv@vontz

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16-Minute No Frills Bodyweight Training Tuneup for Endurance Athletes and Cyclists

Do this after your ride/run today to bolster overall functional strength and prevent overuse/repetetive motion injuries: 11 reps x 5 sets of following circuit:-push-up-pull-ups-bodyweight deep, strict form overhead squats (holding length of pvc), no momentum-hip bridge Live Alive. DRILLit.Typed by … Continue reading

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DIY Cyclocross Barriers

Over at www.cyclingreporter.com, high 5, good idea, read all about it here: http://bit.ly/ccESPRTyped by thumb, sent via ESP. Follow me at: www.andrewvontz.com, www.drillit.tv, @vontz

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